Looking back into my past, I have no idea how I survived without a to do list. I remember the days (as I am sure you do too!) where I just “remembered” everything I had to do. I never forgot the most important tasks but I easily forgot the small things — that book I wanted to read on the weekend, that email I should follow up on in a week , or the umbrella that I should pack for tomorrow.

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Now that I am in my final year of medical school, the list of things I have to do in a day multiplied tremendously when compared to the past. Just because of the sheer volume of tasks, I can’t perform to the best of my abilities without a way to keep track of everything I must get done.

In college, after I read Getting Things Done, I started to use a to do list (You should read the book if you haven’t! It has an old school philosophy on efficiency but has key points that you can benefit from). After experimenting with different to do lists ranging from paper to electronic, I find that the one that fits my style/workflow the best is https://todoist.com.

Why I like it/how I use it:

1) Hotkeys: I can add a task within 3 seconds using the hundreds of hotkeys available. On my mac, I use quicksilver to launch todoist, press q to add a task, press tab and type in “sat” to assign a date, and press enter. So simple and so fast. Great for adding tasks on the go.

2) Syncing on all platforms. I have it on my mac, iPad, and android. All syncs perfectly. I check off tasks as I walk from the hospital to home, in the gym, etc.

3) Repeating tasks. I love this function and use it basically the way I use chains.cc. I have my morning routine set up on there to repeat every day at a specific time (from 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.). You can add repeating evens for every day, every other day, every week, every month/year, etc. This function is amazing for tasks you know you have to do on an ongoing basis. (I have shaving set up to appear each Sunday; clipping nails for every other week — I can see you rolling your eyes right now)

4) Categorizing tasks into projects. When you have multiple projects going on, you can add tasks specific to a certain project and this will drive your project forward. (I use this a lot for my various research projects).

5) Simple to use. You make a task and check it off. It has a “today” and a “next 7 days” view. What else can you ask for?

6) Syncs with Sunrise calendar -> which will allow you to sync it with google calendar/ical for free! Even for meetings you can just put it in as a task in todoist and it will automatically pop up in your calendar.

If you haven’t used Todoist, I really recommend you try it out — it has helped me tremendously!

Todoist is a powerful tool if you take the time to learn all of the features in the different apps, add-ins, and other integrations. Here is a list of my ten most useful tips to get the most out of your Todoist account.

1. Get the Chrome add-in

Besides showing you the number of open tasks in your browser and giving you a shortcut to add new tasks easily, this add-in has another extremely handy function. You know when you find a website that you really need to check out, but you do not have the time there and then? No problem! Whit this add-in you can easily add the web page as a task.

2. Use IFTTT

IFTTT is short for “If that, then this” It is a site that lets you automate what is to happen given a specific event. You can connect your phone, weather forecast, Todoist, Gmail, Twitter and Facebook account, plus hundreds of other “channels.”
My favorite recipe is the one that creates a task in the Todoist inbox if I have an unanswered phone call or when I get an SMS message.

3. Get the Outlook add-in

The Todoist Outlook add-in is a real booster, both in terms of productivity and control. It allows you to create new tasks from emails. Later, when you click on this task, the corresponding email will open. You can also easily add emails as attachments in an existing task.

4. For email on the move, choose Newton email

Newton, formerly known as Cloud Magic, is the email app with the best integration to Todoist. From your smartphone or tab, you convert an email to a task. Unfortunately, there is no link between the task and the email. I really hope that we will see that in the future.

Newton has been shut down. Here is what to do now:

Newton Email is shutting down – Here are the alternatives

5. Set up a Tomorrow filter

Filters are a powerful feature in Todoist. Setting up custom filters is relatively easy. My most used custom filter is “Tomorrow” It simply shows my tasks for the next day. The format is “due tomorrow”.

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6. Set up recurring tasks

What do you do with tasks that take more than a day or that will be repeating at certain intervals? The answer is recurring tasks. While it is easy to set up tasks occurring every Wednesday, it is not straightforward to set up end dates.

Let’s start with the easy part:
Todoist uses natural language. This means that “every Wednesday” will be exactly that. This task will occur on every Wednesday. “every other Wednesday” will occur every other Wednesday starting next Wednesday.

End dates can be a bit more tricky:
Again Todoist uses natural language: “until 20 July”, “ending 24 August”, “for 3 weeks”, “for 5 days”.

For a full overview on how to use dates in Todoist, see the link in #7.

7. Learn the date formats

The great thing with dates in Todoist is that you can use both date formats and natural language.
Todoist supports the US date format “01/18/2017” = 18th Jan. 2017. “18/1” = 18th Jan.
Natural language like “Today”, “Tomorrow at 16:00”, “Next Wednesday” or “end of month” works perfectly.

The complete guide to due dates and start dates in Todoist

8. Use Smart Schedule

Smart Schedule is a brand new feature in Todoist. With the help of predictive modeling, it helps you re-schedule your overdue tasks. Smart Schedule will learn your habits and will try to balance your task load. I have been using it for some time, and it does a decent job of recommending new dates when I have to reschedule a task.

9. Go premium

With Todoist Premium you get labels, this is a must for doing GTD. You get location-based notifications. With the Premium plan, you can add tasks from emails. You can add comments and files to a task.

Want to sign up for Todoist Premium?
In that case, I would appreciate if you use the below link. If you do that, I get two months Todoist Premium added to my account – with no extra cost for you. Thanks!
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10. Get the Windows 10 app

If you are running Windows 10, the app is worth installing. It is lightweight and has a nice interface. The multi-select function is better than on the other interfaces. The headline image in this post is the Windows 10 app with its three-fold view.

Bonus tip: Teach yourself the powerful combination of Todoist and Getting Things Done (GTD)

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See my introduction to GTD and my two posts on how to set up Todoist for GTD.

Getting Things Done (GTD) – What is it?

My Todoist GTD setup – Part 1: Projects, contexts, and actions

My Todoist GTD setup – Part 2: Weekly Review and Focus Horizons